Horseshoe



(No Model.)

A. H. CARROLL. HORSESHOE.

N0. 555,361. Patented Feb. 25, 1896.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER HENRY CARROLL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,361, dated February25, 1896.

Application filed March 21, 1 8 9 5 T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER HENRY CARROLL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHorseshoes,which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to horseshoes and it consists of a novelconstruction of the toe and heel pieces or calks therefor, which can bereadily removed and replaced when worn out, thus rendering frequentshoeing unnecessary, since all the wear is upon said toe and heelpieces, provision being also made by the use of the above appliances forreadily converting a shoe of ordinary construction into a shoeespecially adapted for ice, slippery pavements, &c., and guarding theheads of the connecting-bolts from contact with the earth, ice, &c. aswill be hereinafter set forth.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will behereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a horseshoe embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of a detachable toepiec-eemployed. Fig. 3 represents a front elevation of the same. Figs. 4 and 5represent side and plan views of one of the heelpieces. Fig. 6represents a detached view showing the heel portion of a shoe in sectionand the heel-piece attached thereto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in theseveral figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a horseshoe of the usualconstruction, the same having attached thereto the toe and heel piecesor calks B and 0 respectively. The said toe-piece consistsof thearc-shaped portion D, the face Eof which is adapted to contact with theearth, ice, the, while the face E is adapted to be held against thebottom of the shoe. Projecting rearward from the upper portion of theends of said toe-calk are tongues F, the latter having holes thereinthrough which pass the bolts H, which are common to said shoe andtoe-piece E,the latter being held tightly in position against said shoeby said bolts.

J designates a clip attached to said toe- Serial No. 542,610. (Nomodel.)

piece, and adapted to engage the front of a horses hoof, and so hold thefront part of said toe-piece in position, said clip also abuttingagainst the front of the shoe, so that rear movement of the clip isprevented.

Projecting forwardly from the upper portions of the ends of theheel-calks O are tongues K. The lower faces L of said calks are adaptedto engage with the ice, &c., while the upper faces contact with the shoein substantially the manner described with reference to the toe-piece B.

N designates a pin attached to the end of each heel-piece and adapted toextend up into the shoe A, as will be understood from Fig. 6.

The operation is as follows: Then it is desired to convert an ordinaryshoe into a working or ice shoe, the toe and heel pieces are attachedthereto in the manner described, said toe-piece being held in positionby means of the boltsH and the clip J, said bolts being screwed into theshoe A, while the heel-pieces are held in position by bolts and the engagement of the pin N with the shoe A, as is evident.

It will be seen that while the tongues F and K provide increasedsurfaces of the respective calks for contact with the shoe they set theheads of the bolts H above the lower faces of the calks, so as to beremoved from contact with the earth, ice, 850., thus preventingbendingof the bolts and breaking ofi of the same.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The toe-calkB having on the upper portion of the ends thereof therearwardly-projecting tongues F, with openings therein, and the clip Jrising from the front of said calk, and adapted to abut against the shoeand contact with the hoof, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination with a shoe, of a toecalk with rearwardly-extendingtongues on the upper portion thereof, heel-calks withforwardly-extending tongues on the upper portions thereof, a verticalpin on each heelcalk, and securing-bolts, the several tongues havingopenings for said bolts, and the shoe having openings for said bolts andpins, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a shoe, of a toe- With securing-bolts therein,and the shoe havcalk with rearwardly-extending tongues F on ing openingsfor said bolts and pins, the parts the upper portion thereof, a cliprising from being combined substantially as described. the front of saidcztlk, heel-ea-lks with for- ALEXANDER HEXRY CARROLL. wardly-extendingtongues on the upper porlVitnesses: tions thereof, and vertical pins onthe heel- JOHN A. IEDERSHEIM,

calks, the several tongues having openings E. H. FAIRBANKS.

